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Photostory #206: River Drivers Shepherd Rich Harvest to Mills: Canada's Spring Log Drive

Photographer(s)
Malak
Locations
Canada
Quebec
Trois-Rivières
Date
April 21, 1959
Subjects
Commercial activity
Natural resources
Wood
Logging
Commercial activity
Manufacturing
Paper
Seasonal
Spring
Pulp and paper

Photostory #303: Fair Stands the Wind for Moving Homes: Lonely Outports Draw Together

Photographer(s)
Brooks, Bob
Locations
Canada
Newfoundland
Dover
Date
January 23, 1962
Subjects
Commercial activity
Shipping
Commercial activity
Manufacturing
Houses

Photostory #303: Fair Stands the Wind for Moving Homes: Lonely Outports Draw Together

Photographer(s)
Brooks, Bob
Locations
Canada
Newfoundland
Dover
Date
January 23, 1962
Subjects
Commercial activity
Shipping
Commercial activity
Manufacturing
Houses

Photostory #213L: At Home in the Clouds: Bridge Building Mohawks

Photographer(s)
Lunney, Gar; Photographic Services
Locations
Canada
Ontario
Brantford
Burlington
Date
June 9, 1959
Subjects
Aboriginal Peoples
First Nations
Commercial activity
Manufacturing
Construction
Arts
Architecture

Photostory #114: At St-Regis Reserve: 14,440 Sticks to Play Baggataway

Photographer(s)
Lunney, Gar; Ryan, Jim
Locations
Canada
Ontario
Cornwall
Date
July 16, 1957
Subjects
Aboriginal Peoples
First Nations
Sports, recreation and hobbies
Commercial activity
Manufacturing

Photostory #257: New Town in Land of Tomorrow: "Place of Man" on Rim of Arctic

Photographer(s)
Lunney, Gar
Locations
Canada
Northwest Territories
Inuvik
Date
April 19, 1960
Subjects
Aboriginal Peoples
Inuit
Aboriginal Peoples
First Nations
Commercial activity
Manufacturing
Construction
Education
High school
Religion

Photostory #277: Ilkalupik: King of the Arctic

Photographer(s)
Gilliat, Rosemary
Locations
Canada
Arctic
Date
January 24, 1961
Subjects
Aboriginal Peoples
Inuit
Commercial activity
Natural resources
Fishing
Commercial activity
Food and beverage
Commercial activity
Manufacturing
Food
Wildlife and game
Children

Photostory #277: Ilkalupik: King of the Arctic

Photographer(s)
Gilliat, Rosemary
Locations
Canada
Arctic
Date
January 24, 1961
Subjects
Aboriginal Peoples
Inuit
Commercial activity
Natural resources
Fishing
Commercial activity
Food and beverage
Commercial activity
Manufacturing
Food
Wildlife and game
Children

Photostory #272: Milestone in Canadian Art Annals: Canada's Largest Bronze Casting Goes on Display

Photographer(s)
Dooh, Irving
Locations
Canada
Ontario
Ottawa
Date
November 15, 1960
Subjects
Biography
Price, Art
Arts
Visual
Commercial activity
Manufacturing
Metals

Photostory #195: Farmers Reap Sweet Harvest: Biggest Crop in History

Photographer(s)
Lunney, Gar
Locations
Date
February 3, 1959
Subjects
Commercial activity
Food and beverage
Commercial activity
Manufacturing
Food
Commercial activity
Natural resources
Agriculture
Candy
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